Books in the Archaeologist's Toolkit series

Introduction to curation and preservation of archaeological materials.

Explores various methods and techniques used to prepare, protect, and analyze artifacts once they are in the lab. This book outlines the basic principles of identification, classification, quantification, data manipulation, and analysis. It draws from 16th century Spanish sites in the Americas to show the hows and whys of archaeological lab work.

Introduction to designing an archaeological project, in both academic and contract contexts.

An introduction to the study of biological, osteological, and botanical remains on archaeological sites.